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August 23rd
1754
~
Birthday of
King Louis XVI
of France.
1806
~
Death of Charles Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist.
1833
~
Slavery was abolished
in the English colonies.
1912
~
Birthday of
Gene Kelly
, Dancer & Actor.
1926
~
Death of Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor.
1927
~
Italian-born anarchists
Sacco and Vanzetti were executed
in Boston.
1962
~
First live television connection between the United States and Europe, via the Telstar satellite.
1981
~
Birthday of Carmen Luvana,
Porn actress
.
1990
~
Saddam Hussein appeared on Iraqi state television with
a number of Western "guests”
.
1996
~
Osama bin Laden's fatwa entitled "
A declaration of war against the Americans occupying the land of the two holy places
" was published in Al Quds Al Arabi.
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